Vadapalani Murugan Temple Tank ((Waterbodies of Chennai - 42)

Situated amidst the concrete jungle in the middle of the city and spread across 1.4 acres, the Vadapalani Murugan temple tank is a famous landmark. The 40 feet deep tank is well protected by tall compound walls on all sides. Although it is well maintained, the streets around the tank definitely lack maintenance. This tank was probably constructed along with the temple in the beginning of the 20th century CE.

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Note: As per a report, there were about 650+ waterbodies in the Chennai region till the 1980s. Today, only a fraction of them exist. And most of those surviving waterbodies hardly have water, and even some of them that have water have been poorly shrunk. In Chennai, there are tank roads without tanks nearby and lake-view roads without lakes. There is a high possibility that even the few waterbodies we have today might vanish soon. I decided to visit the currently surviving waterbodies of Chennai and its suburbs and write about them in my blog as a series.

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